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TheInvestmentCaseforSustainableAmmoniaSynthesisTechnologies
TrevorBrown13thAnnualNH3FuelConference
September20,2016
TrevorBrown:independentammoniaindustryanalyst• December2011:begantrackingglobalammoniacapacity&expansions• June2013:publishedonlinedatasetforNorthAmerica• November2013:launchedwebsiteAmmoniaIndustry.com• June2016:passedfinalexamsinCharteredFinancialAnalystprogram
Rawdataforalltables/chartsavailablefromhPps://ammoniaindustry.com
Parts1,17,and42of±99
TheInvestmentCase• Part1:History
– InnovaVons,#1to#5• Part17:CurrentTechnologyDeployment
– GrowthDrivers– Problems– Recentindustrytrends
• PlantSize• FeedstockMix
• Part42:FutureTechnologyDeployment– InnovaVons,#1to#5
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HISTORY:InnovaVon#1Haber-BoschProcess
• Haber-Bosch:– 1909:LaboratorydemonstraVon:125ml/hour– 1913:IndustrialdemonstraVon:20tonnes/day– 1920:Industrialdeployment:300,000tonnes/year
• “Bellwether”inorganicchemistry– FritzHaber
• High-pressure,hightemperatureindustrialprocesses– CarlBosch/BASF
• Catalystdevelopment– AlwinMiPasch:systemaVcopVmizaVon:~20,000individualaPempts/iteraVons
• OsmiumàUraniumàIronàdecadeslater(KBR),Ruthenium
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HISTORY:TechnologyPathways(1918)
SOURCE:hPps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112019245163;view=1up;seq=7
InorganicAmmonia1. Mined:
ChileanSaltpeter:NaNO32. Byproduct:
SteelproducVon/cokeovens:(NH4)2SO4
~46%TotalAmmoniaSource
3.Synthesized:CyanamidProcess:CaCN2
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HISTORY:InorganicNitrogen(1920)
SOURCE:hPps://books.google.com/books/about/ProducVon_of_atmospheric_nitrogen.html?id=-NwuAAAAMAAJ
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HISTORY:AtmosphericNitrogen(1920)
SOURCE:hPps://books.google.com/books/about/ProducVon_of_atmospheric_nitrogen.html?id=-NwuAAAAMAAJ
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HISTORY:InnovaVon#2Feedstocks
• “Crazy”–theadopVonofnaturalgasfeedstockintheUS:1940– “Beforethewar,whenammoniawasmadechieflyfromcoal,theplantswerebuiltincoalproducingareas,generally
nearthecokeovens.SomeindustrialchemistsandOrdnanceofficers,parVcularlyMaj.JohnP.Harris,wereconvincedthatinVmeofwarenoughammoniaforthemassproducVonofexplosivesandsmokelesspowdercouldneverbeproducedfromcoal.Thepre-1940OrdnanceplansthereforecalledfortheproducVonofammoniafromnaturalgasandthelocaVonofnewammoniaplantsintheSouthwestratherthaninthePennsylvania-WestVirginia-Kentuckycoalregion.‘PeopletoldmeIwascrazywhenIproposedtheidea,’Harrisdeclared,‘butitsucceededandtodayalltheammoniaproducersusenaturalgas.’”hPp://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-10/CMH_Pub_10-10.pdf
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HISTORY:TechnologyPathways(1935)
SOURCE:hPps://books.google.com/books?id=v9unAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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• Technologymix:• Oneprocess• ManypracVVoners/IPs
• Feedstockmix:• TransiVonàdiversificaVon
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HISTORY:InnovaVon#3AirSeparaVonTechnologies
• Because:Ammonia=AnchorCustomerfor100yearsofR&DInvestment
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SOURCE:EricMorgan,U.Mass-Amherst,“Techno-EconomicFeasibilityStudyofAmmoniaPlantsPoweredbyOffshoreWind”hPp://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arVcle=1704&context=open_access_dissertaVonsTrevorBrown:hPps://ammoniaindustry.com“TheInvestmentCaseForSustainableAmmoniaSynthesisTechnologies,”NH3FuelConference,September20,2016
HISTORY:InnovaVon#4CarbonCapture…&SequestraVon• CarbonCapture…
Because:Ammonia+Urea=colocaVonofsupply+demand– GirbotolProcess/MEA(monoethanolamine:RNH2)– Benfield/HotPot(hotpotassiumcarbonate)/BenfieldLoHeat– Selexol(solvent=DMPEG)/RecVsol(solvent=methanol)– aMDEA(BASF)
• “Itallstartedwithammonia.BASFwantedtoreducethecostofproducingammonia.Intheearly1970s,BASFwasthereforeexploringmethodsforseparaVngcarbondioxide(CO2)moreefficientlyfromthesyntheVcgasusedintheproducVonprocess.”hPp://www.intermediates.basf.com/chemicals/topstory/amdea
• ...andSequestra@on– KochIndustries:Enid,OK:1982:0.7milliontonnes/year(Benfield)– DakotaGas:Beulah,ND:2000:80%of3milliontonnes/year(RecVsol)
• NOTE:ammoniaproducVonsecondarytosyngasproducVon– CVRPartners:Coffeyville,OK:2013,1milliontonnes/year(Selexol)– Agrium:Redwater,AB:2017,0.3-0.6milliontonnes/year(Benfield)
• NOTE:CurrentacVon:Yara,Norway:100%NaVonalCarbonCapture&SequestraVonby2022hPps://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/oed/pdf/summary.pdf
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HISTORY:InnovaVon#5DeploymentatMassiveScale
• DemonstraVonofmassivetechnologydeployment,infrastructureinvestment• akaTheGreenRevoluVon
China,AmmoniaCapacity:(millionmetrictonsN)• 1960:0.36• 1970:4.98• 1980:12.28• 1990:17.5• 2000:27.5• 2010:40Roughly+1milliontonsammoniaeveryyearfor50years
SOURCE:HarryVroomen,TFI“TheHistoryofAmmoniato2012”:hPp://www.firt.org/sites/default/files/2Vroomen.pdf
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TODAY:“Cheap”GasàCapacityExpansion• 2013:EPCcontractorsstopgivingfixed-price
construcVoncontracts(laborcosts).• 2015:Nitrogenpricesplummet,jeopardizing
projectfinancing.Projectsremainonhold.• Mostprojectsinfinancinglimbo:start-uppushed
backfrom2017/18to2019/2020.• 2016:EPCcontractorsstartgivingfixed-price
agreementsagain(eg:FaVma,Cronus).• DespitecancellaVons,acVvepipelinesVll
expanding.
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
UNLIKELY 222,238 322,345 322,345 3,756,294 4,556,294 5,541,794
POSSIBLE 467,595 1,562,595 7,208,534 8,084,534 8,084,534 8,084,534
LIKELY 4,448,506 5,616,194 5,616,194 5,616,194 5,616,194 5,616,194 5,616,194
DONE 297,078 932,858 997,426 1,193,669 1,706,909 1,706,909 1,706,909 1,706,909 1,706,909 1,706,909 1,706,909
EXISTING 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962 18,009,962
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AmmoniainNorthAmerica:CapacityProjecHon,June2016Metrictonsofammoniaperyear,cumulaLvenewcapacity.
Dataasof06/07/2016.Source:hSps://ammoniaindustry.com
TODAY:QuesVonableIndustryAbility
• Engineering,Procurement,ConstrucVonperformance:– ActualBuilds:Schedules&Budgetswayofftarget– RiskstoTechnologyTransfer:fromLaboratoryScaletoIndustrialDeployment
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TODAY:CapitalIntensity
• CapExpermetrictonAmmonia…bewareapples:orangescomparisons
• $1,000/tonruleofthumbsVllvalid
• Yara/BASF@Freeport:25%CapExreducVonbyusingH2Noneedforreformers/frontend
• LawsuitsoverconstrucVoncosts:– Greeneville,TN– ElDorado,AR– Wever,IA
• Note:Spiritwood,NDcancelled
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TODAY:DiversificaVonBusinessModels&Feedstocks
• 2016NewUSAmmoniaCapacity:6plants,+4.6milliontonsAverageSize:650,000metrictons/yearMaxSize:1,300,000 CFIndustries,D’ville,LAMin:67,000mtpy USNitrogen,Greeneville,TN
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• 2017-18NewUSAmmoniaCapacity:9plants,+3.3milliontonsAverageSize:370,000metrictons/yearMax:803,000 Yara/BASF,Freeport,TXMin:33,500 ForVgen,Geneva,NE
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FUTURE:AmmoniaInnovaVon#1+/-Haber-Bosch
• Avoidance– NutrientAddiVon:Covercrops/OrganicSystems/BioferVlizer(biosolids)– Biomimicry:GMO(legumetraitsincommoditycrops)
• Efficiency– NutrientRetenVon:NoTill/IrrigaVonSystems– PrecisionAg(bewareJevonsParadox)– FoodWasteReducVon/DietChanges/SyntheVcMeat– NutrientLossRemediaVon
• FeedstockDiversificaVon– CarbonRecycling:Biomass,Biogas,Waste(beware:GDPGrowthv.CircularEconomy)– Low/Zero-CarbonH2
• TechnologyDiversificaVon– IncrementalInnovaVon,Haber-Bosch:
• Efficiency:catalysts,temperature,pressure• OperaVons:intermiPency
– RadicalInnovaVon:SolidState/LiquidStateElectrochemicalprocesses,etc
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InnovaVonv.InvenVon:eg:WastePlasVcFeedstock
• ERS:Antwerp,Belgium– Investment:SaudiArabia
Technology:China– Announced:2015
CapEx:€3.7billion(>$4billion)– Feedstock:3.485milliontonnes/year– Ammonia:645,500tonnes/yearNET
(4,500tonnes/dayGROSS)– Urea:1,231,500tonnes/year
• NOTE!ShowaDenko:Ogimachi,Kawasaki– ProducingammoniafromplasVcsince2003– CapEx:¥7.4billion(>$73million)– Ammonia:175tonnes/day
• 2015=2x2003CapExperton,at10xscale– Whatefficiencyofscale?
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Waste to Chemicals in Antwerp
Energy'Recovery'Systems'Company'plans)to)build)a)Waste'to'Chemicals'(WtC)'
plant'in)the)Antwerp'port,)changing)on)a)yearly)basis)3.485.000)tons)of)
industrial,'non@recyclable'waste'into)645.500)tons)of)green'ammonia'and)
1.231.500)tons)of)green'urea.)Ammonia)is)used)as)base)chemical)in)the)Antwerp)
chemical)cluster)and)urea)is)a)sustainable)fer'lizer.)ERS)and)the)port)authori'es)
are)currently)nego'a'ng)the)concession)of)150)ha)at)the)Delwaidedock.))
Waste to Chemicals
waste)
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gasifica'on)
ammonia)
urea)
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FUTURE:AmmoniaInnovaVon#2CarbonReducVon:FerVlizer
• Ammoniaproduc@oncauses1%ofglobalGHGemissions(2012data):– 170millionmetrictonsammoniaproduced– 2.867tonsCO2/tonammonia(globalaverage)
• USindustryaverage:2.129tonsCO2/tonammonia• Chinaindustryaverage:4.429tonsCO2/tonammonia
NOTE:improving!Closed24.2milliontonscapacityinlast3years,mainlycoal.– 33,843millionmetrictonsCO2emissionsà1.44%globalCO2emissions– 47,599millionmetrictonsGHGemissionsà1.024%globalGHGemissions– NOTE:refersONLYtofossilcarboninput,NOTlife-cyclecarbonSee:hPps://ammoniaindustry.com/ammonia-producVon-causes-1-percent-of-total-global-ghg-emissions/
• 1%isabignumber
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FUTURE:AmmoniaInnovaVon#3CarbonReducVon:Energy
• SustainableAmmoniaSynthesisTechnologies=“deboMlenecking”opportunityforglobaltransi@ontolowcarboneconomy
• OncedecoupledfromfossilextracVon,potenValGHGimpactfarexceeds1%• MulVpleBusinessModels:
– AnchorCustomer(technologydemand)• CommercializaVonoflargescalerenewableH2technologies/capturedcarbon
– NewProducts• LiquidFuel• EnergyDistribuVon• EnergyStorage• Resilience/RiskMiVgaVon/DiversificaVon/RenewableEnergyMarketPenetraVon• MulVple/FlexibleRevenueStreams
– NewByproducts• Water,FerVlizer,O2,CO2
– NewCustomers&NewMarkets
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FUTURE:AmmoniaInnovaVon#4CarbonReducVon:Biosphere
• TradiVonalAmmonia-Ureacarbon“cycle”:
• CCSProposedPathway:“UreaYieldBoosVng”– Note:nonsensecarbonaccounVng– See:“UreaProducVonisNotCarbonSequestraVon”hPps://ammoniaindustry.com/urea…not-sequestraVon/
• BECCSTechnologyPathway:
“CarbonNegaVveUrea”– Note:C:HraVohigherinbiomass– ThusgreatercapturepotenVal:carbonharvesVng– RequirescommercializedsequestraVontechnology
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CO2toair
UreaAmmonia+CO2
FossilCXHX CO2toair
UreaAmmonia+CO2
UreaAmmonia+CO2
CO2toair
FossilCXHX CO2toair
BiomassCXHX
FUTURE:AmmoniaInnovaVon#5DeploymentatMassiveScale
• BillMcKibben,NewRepublic,August2016hPps://newrepublic.com/arVcle/135684/declare-war-climate-change-mobilize-wwii
– “EvenifeverynaVonintheworldcomplieswiththeParisAgreement,theworldwillheatupbyasmuchas3.5degreesCelsiusby2100–notthe1.5to2degreespromised.”
– MarkZ.Jacobson,Civil&EnvironmentalEngineering,StanfordUniversity• Demonstrateshowall50USStatescouldachieve100%renewableenergy.
Levelofdetail:eg,Alabama:59.7km2residenValroo�opsunshadedbytreesandpointedintherightdirecVonforsolarpanels.
• Similar“naVonalblueprints”for139countries.USdata:hPp://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/ArVcles/I/USStatesWWS.pdf&Globaldata:hPp://www.scienVficamerican.com/arVcle/139-countries-could-get-all-of-their-power-from-renewable-sources1/
– USDeploymentScale:RequiredRenewablePowerGeneraVon• 6,448GWtotalby2050.Atcurrentpace(16GWin2015),wouldtake405years.• SolarCity’s“GigaFactory”(manufacturing1GWsolarpanelsperyear)
35YearRequirementà295GigaFactoriesacrossUS,6perState.SameforWind.– GlobalInvestmentScale:
• Currentglobalinvestmentinfossilfuelinfrastructure:$20trillioninstalled• Thus:replacementinfrastructureinvestments,2016to2050:$570billionperyear
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–WorkinProgress–PleasesendcorrecVons/addiVons
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